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HOCHMUTH (voice-over): The debate is as old as life itself: Why are we here and how did we come to be? Ever since Charles Darwin visited the Galapagos Islands and then published his "Origin of Species," evolution through natural selection has been the prevailing scientific theory. But are there cracks in that long-held consensus?
According to 19-year-old Joe Baker, the answer is a resounding yes.
JOE BAKER, HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR: I believed in evolution for a long time, eighth grade through ninth grade. And, as someone presented to me the facts of science, I began to question what I believed.
HOCHMUTH: The high school senior from Perkasie, Pennsylvania, is on a personal crusade. He claims many examples of Darwinian evolution in his school's biology textbooks are simply wrong and wants his school board to put labels in those books warning students about the alleged errors.
BAKER: This isn't about typos. These are the main icons that are used to teach evolutionary theory. Many of them are fraud.
I think the remedy for all of this is having people like me stand up and say, you know, this is wrong, at least in their classes. And maybe, if they get really radical, go up and stand against the school board.
HOCHMUTH: So far, at least, it seems he isn't getting very far.
STERLING: There is misinformation in textbooks. We do not have control of publishing companies.
BAKER: Well, these aren't...
KAREN STERLING, PENNRIDGE SCHOOL BOARD: And I ...
BAKER: These aren't small errors.
STERLING: ... am not -- I understand that they're not small issues. And we don't deal with any small issues here.
If it was just talking about the errors in textbooks, we believe that we have a staff that can handle that. When you start moving off the science-based theories and into the religious-based theories, you're moving into areas that don't belong in the biology classroom.
BAKER: I personally am not asking for any of these to be taught or brought in -- anything that I believe to be brought into the science curriculum, but for the evidence that they have to be taught honestly.
Could everyone here who supports me please stand up?
HOCHMUTH: While Joe's crusade is personal, he is not alone. He raises questions voiced by a growing minority of scientists and scholars in an emerging field called intelligent design. They question some of the basic tenants of traditional Darwinism and propose life on Earth is here by design rather than chance.
Among them is Jonathan Wells, who holds Ph.D.s in both theology and biology.
DR. JONATHAN WELLS, AUTHOR, "ICONS OF EVOLUTION": As I looked more and more and dug a little bit deeper, I found many misrepresentations in the biology textbooks and, at that point, became convinced that even the general pattern of Darwinian evolution was false -- or at least it distorts the evidence to make itself look truer than it is.
HOCHMUTH: One of the most glaring examples, says Wells, are illustrations of vertebrate embryos still found in some textbooks. It turns out they're based on drawings faked more than a hundred years ago to make them look more similar than they really are and to make a stronger case for common descent.
Another example is the peppered moth, used for decades by evolutionists as evidence of natural selection. Studies have shown that, after the Industrial Revolution, darker varieties predominated -- the conclusion: that darker moths were better camouflaged on trees blackened by pollution and harder for predatory birds to find, an example of survival of the fittest. But there's a problem.
WELLS: When biologists looked more closely, they realized that they couldn't even show that peppered moths rest on tree trunks in the wild. And it turns out that these textbook photos showing them on tree trunks have all been staged. And I think that's bad science.
HOCHMUTH: The mainstream scientific community is firing back at Wells' objections. Jerry Coyne is an evolutionary biologist at the University of Chicago studying genetics and the origin of new species.
JERRY COYNE, EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGIST, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: The problems with the examples that Wells point out, like the pepper moth, were not discovered by Jonathan Wells; they were discovered by other scientists, including myself. And we have published these problems in the scientific literature. So Wells is merely dredging them up again and pretending that, you know, he found them.
WELLS: But the textbooks still teach them as though there were nothing wrong with them.
HOCHMUTH: Still, Coyne argues that traditional Darwinism doesn't depend on the examples that Wells points out. He says there are plenty of other examples, like the fossil record. But here again, Wells raises questions.
WELLS: There is quite a bit of disagreement over how these various fossils fit into some sort of progression. The disagreement is rampant in the field. And the people who studied these fossils admit to it freely, at least in the professional literature. So they themselves use the word myth to refer to this story of ape-to-human evolution.
COYNE: You don't have to know the common ancestry in order to know that evolution occurred. All you have to do is be able to see a sequence in the fossil record of organisms that change over time. And that's exactly what we have in the human fossil record. The theory of evolution has been confirmed with so much evidence over the 150 years since it's been suggested that no serious scientist calls it into question anymore.
HOCHMUTH (on camera): That Darwinism should come under attack is nothing new. Ever since the theory gained widespread acceptance back in the 19th century, it's faced critics both inside and outside science. What's new about the so-called "intelligent design" movement is that, in a sense, it claims to have found God.
MICHAEL BEHE, BIOCHEMIST, LEHIGH UNIVERSITY: In the nucleus, you've just got all this DNA.
HOCHMUTH: Michael Behe is a biochemist at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. His research has convinced him that some molecular systems are so irreducibly complex, they must have been designed. Take, for example, the flagella that propels certain types of bacteria.
BEHE: Maybe it looks like it was designed because it was designed. So just like trying to put together a mousetrap from random parts in your garage, it's very difficult to envision how different pieces that weren't already adjusted to each other could come together and form something as complex as a bacterial flagellum.
EUGENIA SCOTT, ANTHROPOLOGIST: In science, you never really say, you know, this is a mystery that we can't explain and, you know, stop there. In science, you always keep looking for that natural explanation, which is why most of us consider intelligent design to be not a very good science, because it's basically giving up and saying: We can't explain this; therefore, God did it.
HOCHMUTH: Eugenia Scott is an anthropologist by training and a committed evolutionist. She's concerned the intelligent design movement may have ulterior motives.
SCOTT: The literature of the intelligent design people is very clear: They don't like evolution. They don't like common ancestry. They want God to be intervening at regular intervals to bring about the diversity of modern living things. That's a religious statement; that's not a scientific statement.
BEHE: Let me just say, I disagree. All sorts of scientific theories have religious implications. Darwin's theory has religious implications.
HOCHMUTH: Behe is a Roman Catholic, but says he does not interpret the biblical creation account literally. Within the intelligent design movement, some scientists do and some don't. But all have doubts about the Darwinian notion that life evolved through totally natural processes.
BEHE: At root, Darwinism says that life is the result of chance: chance processes, you know, with natural selection, but chance, nonetheless. Nobody intended human beings to be here. Nobody intended anything to be here. It just sort of happened. It'll go away someday.
WELLS: The ultimate question here is: Is God real? I mean, is there a God that we are answerable to who created us and gave purpose to our existence or not?
COYNE: People don't like the idea that humans are part of the evolutionary process and that they, in particular, are the sort of random blind products of this process called natural selection, and that they're not -- we're not the special products of any creative process.
And people don't like that because it -- they think it deprives them of having a purpose in a universe and it makes them feel alone. You know, I'm perfectly content, myself, to live with that.
HOCHMUTH: Which brings us back to Joe Baker and what he believes. He freely admits he accepts that God created the world as described in the Bible and, that in turn, God created him.
ROBERTA RECENES, PARENT: I admire him. I admire his faith. But I think he's going about it the wrong way and he's trying to impress his faith on my student and my community.
HOCHMUTH: Joe responds to such criticism by arguing his crusade is not just about faith, but facts.
BAKER: I think that students should be able to think for themselves and just test the evidence for themselves, not necessary read this in the book, but look at the -- look at the -- look at the fossils, study the different layers of the Earth, study the rocks and study science, the empirical tests of science and then come to their own conclusions.
Special Series : Voyage of Life: (Part II) The Past
1.According to the video, what has been the prevailing scientific theory on the origin of humanity? Who is credited with this theory? Who is Joe Baker? Does he agree with Charles Darwin? Explain. What is Baker's personal crusade?
2.What is the basic belief of the "intelligent design" movement? What is Jonathan Wells' academic background? Why does he question Darwin's theory of evolution? What examples of "distorted evidence" does Wells cite to support his view? Why does Wells think the example of the peppered moth illustrates "bad science"?
3.Who is Jerry Coyne? What is his response to Jonathan Wells? What does Coyne point to as evidence to support Darwinian evolution? What does Wells think of the fossil record? What has Michael Behe's research convinced him about the origins of life? What does he think about the design of some molecular systems, like that of the flagella that propel bacteria? What do you think of his statement, "Maybe it looks like it was designed because it was designed"? How does anthropologist Eugenia Scott view the intelligent design movement?
4.According to Jerry Coyne, why are people generally uncomfortable with the idea that humans are part of the evolutionary process? Why is Joe Baker uncomfortable with what he is learning? How have some people responded to him? What is Baker's response to his critics?
5.Biologically speaking, what is meant by "natural selection"? To what extent is natural selection a part of the theory of evolution? In the video, Jerry Coyne states that because of natural selection, "we're not the special products of any creative process. People don't like that because they think it deprives them of having a purpose in the universe and it makes them feel alone." Why do you think that evolution is not accepted by everyone? Do you think some people reject the theory of evolution for the reason Jerry Coyne cites, or has science failed to "make its case"? Are there other reasons? Discuss. If you are comfortable stating your views on this topic, share what you think about the origins of life with the class.
6.Throughout the ages, how has science handled the challenges of long-held beliefs? Have students work in groups to learn more about the role of science in challenging longstanding views, such as the Earth as the center of the universe, the belief that the Earth was flat, and the belief that evil spirits caused disease. Have groups share their findings. Compare these examples to what is happening today with the evolution and intelligent design movements. How is science now being challenged? Why do students think so many are challenging modern science? Discuss.
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The Great Multinational Shoemongers hire platoons of designers, analysts and marketers to fine-tune their zeitgeist-piercing value propositions and beam them into the cerebral cortices of impressionable young shoe-shoppers, such as my son.
My son sees the images; he watches the videos; he reads the SEO-optimized web copy; he's even downloaded the app, so he's among the first to know of upcoming ripples in the Product Force. He is The Ideal Consumer.
Then there's me, Just a Bloke Trying to Do Right by His Son and Keep His Wallet from Hemorrhaging
The Backstory
The Great Multinational Shoemonger's latest creation is lurid, sparkly and complicated, the the novelty make my son's eyes swim like this: @ @
Later, as if recounting a dream, he spouts its marketing specifics: "The Mephisto Dynaforce Attack 3000 has a bionomic cleat distribution pattern and a mechan-o-ptimized friction coefficient for precise shooting and passing. Oh, and they're only $284.99!"
The Epic Battle of Epicness
This week I took the Ideal Consumer to the soccer store for a new pair of soccer cleats. On the Shrine of Consumerism (i.e., the back wall), an array of dazzling Lethal Viper Hyper Force Ultra Magic Attack gleamed, their allures singing like sirens trying to dash my wallet on the rocks of fiscal ruin.
My son's eyes did that googly thing as his favorite pair of shoes dazzled his eyes. Reflected in his irises I saw the orange gleam of the shoes, which resembled a kind of deadly Amazon toad that emitted its own LSD.
"Dad, those are the Mephisto Dyna–"
"Can we see a pair of these black ones in a size 8?" I said to the clerk.
The black ones were sensible. They were made of leather, instead of Next-Gen ProVita Polymers, and had well-sewn seams so they looked like they might last a winter in Oregon. They had some heel cushioning too, unlike the Mephisto Dynaforce ballet slippers. I pictured those black shoes offering support and protection. My son might have to suffer a season without a Lethal Impact Friction Zone, and cleat distribution that hadn't been optimized by a NASA supercomputer, but he wouldn't have to suffer persistent heel pain, or a visit to the doctor.
Needless to say, my son the Ideal Consumer was aghast I would even consider ancient, graceless clunkers like those. (Ignoring the fact that his older brother had a pair, and liked them.)
The virtue of going to an Actual Soccer Store is they expect you to use the shoes to play Actual Soccer. As a result, the clerk is not one of those you find at the mall, whose enthusiasm disguises the fact that he's been completely lobotomized by his own shoe inventory. This clerk was sad to inform me they didn't have the black ones in my son's size.
Sensing opportunity, my son again pointed at the beacon on the wall. The shoes looked like a pair of booties Daredevil or Spider-Man would wear, if a designer made a special edition of his costume for Pride Week.
I shook my head and recited the dull reasons for my decision: Durability. Protection. Cost (one-third of the Mephisto Dynaforces in Orgasm Orange). I wondered, briefly, how I'd become so dull and pragmatic, and then remembered all the money I would save if we bought shoes that weren't coated in a sheen of lethal Amazon tree frog poison.
Father and Son Go Mano a Mano, in List Format:
- There was sadness and pouting.
- There was back talk.
- There was an exasperated, desperate, helpless glance from father, and sympathetic clucking from the shoe clerk.
- There was a cruel ultimatum, issued by this correspondent, to leave the Holy Shrine of Consumerism empty-handed.
- There was a cooling off period, and some wandering around to look at soccer jerseys on the sale rack.
- There was a cautious second approach, reciting the fact that while the Mephisto Dynaforce 3000 shoes did contain super-awesome rare earth metals, they were for indoor soccer, not turf. (E.g., footage of Ronaldo/Neymar/Messi slipping and falling on his ass didn't make it into the YouTube Awesome Skills videos.)
The Denouement
Finally the effects of the Shoemonger Marketing Charm ebbed slightly, and the Ideal Consumer realized he could get a pair of shoes that would work on turf, and were still pretty eye-stunning — but in a more muted way, like psychedelic lake trout.
But before I could declare victory about saving enough money to buy 10 weeks of beer, the Ideal Consumer hit me with a counter-proposal, in the form of a matching pair of techno-hosiery (cost: 2 weeks of beer), which I felt I had to include to close the deal.
Post-Match Analysis
Hard to say who won this round. Did I get what I wanted? No, the Psychedelic Lake Trout 9000s look pretty flimsy, and the battle cost me 3.5 weeks more of beer than I'd budgeted.
Was the Ideal Consumer satisfied? No, his consumer lust for the Mephisto Dynaforce 3000s remains unfulfilled (though he did manage upsell me on the mint-infused soccer socks).
But fear not: the new, flimsy shoes should self-obsolete before long, and soon we'll be back in the store to do it all again. In the meantime, if the Shoemonger ever made Mephisto Dynaforce 3000 beer cozies in that shade brilliant orange, I just might be persuaded …

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In this age, every greatly contested sport eventually optimizes itself to the point of being obscenely expensive to operate. Unapologetically, this is done in the pursuit of WINNING.
In our time honored, yet relatively obscure motorsport of Unlimited Air Racing, we have enjoyed neither extensive sponsorship, nor great prize money to off-set the exorbitant cost of going fast. Yet a few great men have in most years, brought their dream machines to NCAR, to push that dangerous envelope a bit further in the quest to be the fastest man and machine, in the fastest sport.
Yes, they were mostly self-funded and no, the prize money was not commensurate with their effort. But they built their fantastic machines and raced on that ragged edge anyway; in the quest to be the best and be added to a storied list of air racing names that begins with Curtiss, Turner and Doolittle.
Thanks to men with that level of brass and appetite for victory; our history now includes names like Greenamyer, Shelton, Destefani and Hinton, along with their wonderful machines and those who challenged them around the pylons.
As a fan, I believe that these great men and other winners that I have not space to list here; hold dear above all, that they are remembered for their accomplishment at the PINNACLE of RACING and not for how much prize money they took home.
In light of events in recent years; I wonder if there are any special men, partnerships, or consortiums who have the right stuff and the appetite to stand with those giants at the top of this historic group; or has it all been left to accountants to define what can be dared?


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Oct 11, 2010
As Gallup notes, trust in the corporate media is at an all-time low.
Much of the loss of trust is due to the media's selling of Iraq war lies and covering up the severity of the financial crisis.
Here are two essays I wrote – the first from a year ago, and the second from last December – explaining why media is so bad, and why we need to "be the media" ourselves .
Herding the Sheep
Financial insider and commentator Yves Smith wrote an essay last week entitled "MSM Reporting as Propaganda" arguing that the government has been using propaganda to make people think that things are getting better, no one is angry, and – therefore – no one should get upset:
The message, quite overtly, is: if you are pissed, you are in a minority. The country has moved on. Things are getting better, get with the program…
Per the social psychology research, this "you are in a minority, you are wrong" message DOES dissuade a lot of people. It is remarkably poisonous. And it discourages people from taking concrete action.
Is Smith right? And even if she is, isn't "propaganda" too strong a word?
Think Positive
Sure, William K. Black – professor of economics and law, and the senior regulator during the S & L crisis – says that that the government's entire strategy now – as during the S&L crisis – is to cover up how bad things are ("the entire strategy is to keep people from getting the facts").
Admittedly, 7 out of the 8 giant, money center banks went bankrupt in the 1980's during the "Latin American Crisis", and the government's response was to cover up their insolvency.
It's true that Business Week wrote on May 23, 2006:
President George W. Bush has bestowed on his intelligence czar, John Negroponte, broad authority, in the name of national security, to excuse publicly traded companies from their usual accounting and securities-disclosure obligations.
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I can't deny that the Tarp Inspector General said that Paulson and Bernanke falsely stated that the big banks receiving Tarp money were healthy, when they were not.
Okay, the government and Wall Street have traditionally tried to dispense happy talk when there is an economic crash, and Arianna Huffington recently pointed out:
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And I'll give you that a recent Pew Research Center study on the coverage of the crisis found that the media has largely parroted what the White House and Wall Street were saying.
But that's not propaganda . . . its just positive thinking, right?
The Other Guy
And the whole word propaganda is a Nazi, communist kind of thing which has no place in the same sentence as America. Right?
Granted, famed Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein says the CIA has already bought and paid for many successful journalists.
And sure, the New York Times discusses in a matter-of-fact way the use of mainstream writers by the CIA to spread messages.
True, a 4-part BBC documentary called the "Century of the Self" shows that an American – Freud's nephew, Edward Bernays – created the modern field of manipulation of public perceptions, and the U.S. government has extensively used his techniques (but the BBC isn't American, so it doesn't count).
I won't deny that the Independent discusses allegations of American propaganda (but that's a British paper, doesn't count).
And (ho hum) one of the premier writers on journalism says the U.S. has used widespread propaganda.
And (are we still talking about this?) an expert on propaganda testified under oath during trial that the CIA employs THOUSANDS of reporters and OWNS its own media organizations (the expert has an impressive background).
And (I can't believe we're still talking about this) while the U.S. government has repeatedly claimed that it was launching propaganda programs solely at foreign enemies, it has actually used them against American citizens. For example:
- In 2002, the Pentagon announced that it was considering spreading false propaganda in the foreign press. However, the military has spread propaganda within the U.S. in an operation so aggressive that one participant, a military analyst, called it "psyops on steroids"
- Raw Story confirmed yesterday the use of propaganda on Americans
- The U.S. government long ago announced its intention to "fight the net".
- As revealed by an official Pentagon report signed by Rumsfeld called "Information Operations Roadmap":
The roadmap [contains an] acknowledgement that information put out as part of the military's psychological operations, or Psyops, is finding its way onto the computer and television screens of ordinary Americans."Information intended for foreign audiences, including public diplomacy and Psyops, is increasingly consumed by our domestic audience," it reads.
"Psyops messages will often be replayed by the news media for much larger audiences, including the American public," it goes on.***
"Strategy should be based on the premise that the Department [of Defense] will 'fight the net' as it would an enemy weapons system".
And (when's the next episode of American Idol on?) CENTCOM announced in 2008 that a team of employees would be "[engaging] bloggers who are posting inaccurate or untrue information, as well as bloggers who are posting incomplete information."And (who do you think will win the playoffs?) the Air Force is also engaging bloggers. Indeed, an Air Force spokesman said:
"We obviously have many more concerns regarding cyberspace than a typical Social Media user," Capt. Faggard says. "I am concerned with how insurgents or potential enemies can use Social Media to their advantage. It's our role to provide a clear and accurate, completely truthful and transparent picture for any audience."
And (did you see that crazy photo?) it is well known that certain governments use software to automatically vote stories questioning their interests down and to send letters favorable to their view to politicians and media (see – as just one example – this, this and this). The U.S. government is very large and well-funded, and could substantially influence voting on social news sites with very little effort, if it wished.
The Bottom Line
Yeah yeah, people say this or that, whatever, I'm too busy to think about it.
Even if true, propaganda is too strong a word for attempts to convince people that important issues are boring, that no one else is angry about them, and that everything is normal.
Perhaps "herding the wayward sheep" would be better . . .
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It's the diagnosis that no one ever wants to receive, but one that an estimated 1.3 million people must face every year.
Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer in the world, striking women and men of every age and race. Voices for the Cure is an opportunity for some of the countless people whose lives and loved ones have been touched by breast cancer to share their stories of courage, love, and hope.
The myths and misconceptions that surround breast cancer often create roadblocks that impede understanding and healing.
Della Williams is from the Tohono O'odham Nation, but the story she tells is common to many women who face cancer in their later years.
Feelings of helplessness and depression may seem insurmountable, but Della says that support from her family and sharing her experience with others helped her to heal and learn from her breast cancer experience.
Della starts by sharing some family history with her son, William Williams...
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Brookhaven to share veterans services agency
The Brookhaven Town board has agreed to allow Suffolk's Veterans Service Agency to open an office in Town Hall as part of a shared service agreement.
Town Supervisor Edward P. Romaine cast the deciding vote Tuesday on the resolution, which passed 4-3. He has said the county's veterans service officer, who will replace the town's staffer, has more certifications and can provide counseling, identify eligible benefits and legally take power of attorney and represent veterans.
"We need to step it up a bit more," Romaine told the board and hundreds of audience members at the meeting.
The pact means Brookhaven Town Veterans Services neighborhood aide John Rago, 62, of Brookhaven, will lose his job. "It's not about my job; I'm retired," said Rago, a former appliance technician with General Motors, who served in the Navy from 1970-72. "But there are a lot of things that won't get done that I did."
He said he often helped veterans in the community and arranged a successful veterans health check event last year.
Councilwoman Kathy Walsh voted against the measure because she said the town unsuccessfully attempted a similar program in 2007, when a county services officer traveled to Brookhaven a few times a week for free, offering similar services.
Veterans did not take advantage of the program, which was eventually removed, she said.
Brookhaven will pay the county $25,000 annually for the incoming part-time employee, matching Rago's salary. Councilman Steve Fiore-Rosenfeld, who also opposed the agreement, said it did not seem to provide savings.
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said during a news conference last week in Farmingville the change reflected wise fiscal policy.
"We're dealing with very difficult financial times in government . . . and we have to get creative about how we're going to deliver services," Bellone said.
Romaine said last week, "We're looking to enhance and provide services for veterans returning home from a long, hard war."


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I have a confession to make. And it is the reason why I haven't even visited the admin page of this blog for the past five months, not to mention write and post anything online past two coherent sentences. This endeavor has pointed a sanity-draining rifle at my head and robbed me of all my remaining extra time and energy.
For reasons I will try later to expound on, long story short (and because you've probably read the title of this post already), I have insanely decided to enter the grueling and chaotic world of medicine. From being a part of healthcare in general, I am now striving rock hard to climb the oh so steep ladder of this generation's
deadly Medical Hierarchy.
I am now a "Medical Student".
And yes, as you all may have deduced by now, I am a Nurse studying to be a Doctor.
I am a cliche.
Not that I have anything against nurses entering medical school (obviously, because I am one), it's just that recently, it has been the trend and it pains me to be considered as a part of an ongoing fad when it is a decision I have carefully and meticulously considered for months, with intensive neuron and body timeline consultations, not to mention implorations to the heavens to "Please, give me a sign!".
So, the question is, what convinced an almost mid-20-something R.N. who is four years away from the last time she wore a toga, a funny-looking hat and accepted a blank piece of rolled paper onstage plunge back to 5-inches thick books, uniforms and head aching exams?
Most reasons are too personal to be understood without background information so let's just put it this way.
I have experienced the hospital. I have lived in it (mostly behind a surgical mask quietly taking it all in). I have observed countless successes and inevitable failures of various physicians. I have heard stories, the miraculous and the disastrous and everything in between. I have talked with patients and witnessed their apprehension, relief, frustrations and gratitude.
I have been yelled upon, praised, blamed for something, and blatantly disregarded (sometimes all on the same day). And even with the chaos, the drama, the uncertainty, the culture of seniority, the never ending studying and looking stupid for things you did not study for, the inhumane workload and all the others that I have yet to discover, it is still the world I dream to be a part of.
And when you know that it is something you will regret in the future if you fail to take the chance today, you ******' take it.
But make no mistake, being a med student does not make me any less of an R.N. I'll be honest, I feel slightly guilty because most of the readers of this blog have commended me for being relatable as a struggling nurse here in the country and now all my posts (as rare as they will be) would be about studying and exams and more studying. Nevertheless, I hope my past posts would still be of help to R.N. colleagues and, well, for the future entries, who knows what they hold. :)


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Originally posted by Watercooler423 http://www.wimaddon.com/wiki/Main_Page Updated 3 days ago. Latest Version: 3.3.7 Release Date: July 13, 2010 checking if you can link items in the WIM box yet works :3 :banana: Thanks, does the author no longer update WoWInterface page?
|File: OnlySkillups07-17-10
this is wicked. tyvm! :banana::banana:
this is wicked. tyvm! :banana::banana:
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Re: Filter ideas
Originally posted by Aislinge I'm using EveryQuest for Loremaster at the moment and I have found a few things that could be altered: a) I would LOVE to see class filters - being a druid, I don't care about Warlock quests etc - a way to cut these out would be great. b) Don't know whether it's do-able but maybe clicking on the...
|File: AtlasLoot Enhanced07-17-10
Originally posted by Hegarol
Originally posted by Hegarol Yes this is possible. Will be coming with Cataclysm. Thanks great news! I've got another request :D In the next release could you add the option to remove the minimap icon? Titan Panel has a plugin that allows Atlas Loot to be displayed on its panel as well. :)
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I got this error when I...
Mave99, I got this error when I logged into an alt, I did not get this error when I logged into my main though.... :confused::confused: Message: ...ce\AddOns\DBM-BurningCrusade\DBMv3-Compatibility.lua:99: attempt to get length of field 'zoneId' (a nil value) Time: 07/15/10 07:32:01 Count: 1 Stack: ...ce\AddOns\DBM-BurningCru...
|File: Titan Repuatation(Fan Update)07-14-10
it's been a long time since this ha...
it's been a long time since this has been updated, but nevertheless it still works. thanks
|File: AtlasLoot Enhanced07-14-10
Would it be possible fo...
Hegarol, Would it be possible for Atlasloot to automatically select the dungeon that your in upon opening the addon? It would be really convenient if this feature was possible... Thanks
|File: Learning Aid07-12-10
wow this is pretty nifty, can't wai...
wow this is pretty nifty, can't wait to give it a go.
|File: TinyDPS07-08-10
fantastic addon. :banana:
fantastic addon. :banana:
|File: Leatrix Latency Fix10-21-09
wow what a great fix leatrix. my pi...
wow what a great fix leatrix. my ping was terrible to begin with about ~110 when i installed the fix it's now down to ~40. tyvm:banana:
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when i joined a party for the first...
when i joined a party for the first time using pitbull. some frames appeared at the bottom of my screen. so i tried to see if i could move them but couldn't figure out what mod they belonged too. i assumed it was pitbull so i went into the pitball global options and unchecked locked soon as i did the the tree collapsed and now this i...
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hi, this is a great addon. i have a...
hi, this is a great addon. i have a suggestion though, maybe in a future release could you add the ability to also play a sound when a buff is missing? the sound would play on loop until the buff is recast ?:confused:
|File: TwentyTwenty10-12-09
I like this idea. This can only do...
I like this idea. This can only do good rather than harm.:)


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It is often on the most common of days through the most random of conversations that some of our deepest insights may come to light. Today was he perfect example of this what started as a casual walk with a friend on a beautiful sunny day turned into a conversation about some of life's most […]
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Atlassian has announced a global drive to recruit multiple in-country "ambassadors" to input to the development of its crowdsourced translations platform. The Australian-headquartered company specializes in collaboration tools and version control software for software developers. Its new Atlassian Translations service is designed to provide multiple language support to enable customers and partners to translate products collaboratively.
In the few weeks that the site has been live, the company says that users have entered over 100,000 translations. As a result, over 30 language packs are now available for Atlassian's core products: the JIRA bug issue tracker, the GreenHopper agile project management tool, and the Confluence enterprise wiki builder. Atlassian also produces team code review and coverage code analysis products under the brand names Crucible and Clover, respectively.
"Our 'ambassadors' role presents an awesome opportunity for passionate coders to evangelize the craft of software development within their countries," said Benjamin Naftzger, Atlassian sales & marketing director. "Ambassadors will be important in-country representatives, organizing community-based user groups, supporting and speaking at regional events, providing support to partners and our rapidly growing developer ecosystem."
These recent developments follow in the wake of Atlassian's acquisition of Bitbucket, a company known for its hosted code collaboration tools for the Mercurial distributed version control system (DVCS). As a DVCS decentralizes the software repository, each user is able to have a full copy of the source code repository on their local machine. This arguably allows users to work productively without being tethered to a network. Mercurial is a platform-independent, open source DVCS licensed under the GNU General Public License.


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baby announcement & wishlist!
It's time to come clean with you about something...Jeremiah & I are expecting baby number 2! We found out the day before Mother's Day and the first person I told was my father. It's been a bit difficult to keep this to myself. Going through the loss of my dad while being pregnant has been rough. I was already emotional & not feeling well on top of grieving the sudden death of someone so intricately involved in our lives and someone I love so dearly. For that reason there were moments I wanted to talk openly about everything I was feeling. The excitement of a new child was put on the back burner as I tried to comprehend that the father who was so overjoyed with our news would now not be here to meet his 4th grandchild.
As bittersweet as this is we are very happy to be having another baby and subsequently you can expect more child related material on the blog in the coming months. I've been making a small list of things I want for our little one, though it will be much more minimal this time around as the baby will be sharing our room & I don't want to clutter the space with unnecessary things. So if I don't post lots of little cutesy things, that's why. I'm thinking of space saving, smart things that will make the most of the corner we're using as well as soft, muted colors like grey and white and creams.
You can always follow along with items I find here on my kids Pinterest or just keep an eye out for future posts.
Above I found this great wall mounted diaper dispenser from By Bo Design. This is ideal for us as we will need something on the wall or hanging from the crib rather than a piece of furniture for the small stuff.
I'm due in January so I'm already thinking of soft knits and warmer fabrics. This knitted blanket looks soft & comfy.
I'll say right now that I won't be buying a lot of new toys. Israel already has two big toys boxes and that's enough for two kids, easily. But I can't resist a couple very infant type toys. A soft bug is just enough.
Even though baby won't be eating solids for a while, I still like this linen bib for burpings and protecting clothes from drooling faces.
This is kind of an investment piece but with a second baby I'll need some sort of bouncer or lounger to keep my hands free and the little one entertained. White and simple it's perfectly fitting for baby as well and blends in with our home.
In my head I'm thinking I won't hang any prints or posters around the crib. 1 strand of garland or a mobile is perfect for us. This knitted light bulb garland is probably my favorite garland & I may just buy this now and save it for January!
Thank you for letting us share our good news and family with you!
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congratulations! such beautiful news xReplyDelete
Congrats! Nice news :) Your dad is still with you, I am sure. I wish you lots of love and joy!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 03, 2013
Wow! Congratulations!!! Life is so bittersweet sometimes. I'm sorry for the loss of your father. He sounds like he was an amazing man, father and grandfather. Babies have such a wonderful way of bringing joy even in times of sadness. I hope that you enjoy your pregnancy. Looking forward to more baby posts from you.ReplyDelete
Congratulations!! Hoping you continue to heal from the loss of your father, and can become more excited about the 'mini you' that is growing inside and can't wait to be loved. Well done!ReplyDelete
Congratulations ! Loved your wish list.ReplyDelete
Great news Jennifer! (I think I already read a hint, nice to read the official blogpost :)). I cannot imagine how hard the past couple of months have been, but I hope you are able to enjoy this everyday a little more. Big hug to you!! xReplyDelete
The biggest and warmest congratulations! xReplyDelete
That is great news, congratulations! Totally agree with the wish list ;-)ReplyDelete
Congratulations on your beautiful news. I am so sorry you have had to endure such a loss in your life at the same time. Sometimes life just throws everything at us in one go. Healing thoughts to you. I love your little baby collection, stunning as always!ReplyDelete
congratulations! this is so good news. and I am sure, somehow, your father will be around all that happiness.ReplyDelete
Congrats!! Im so excited for you two :DReplyDelete
So happy for you, congratulations! Take care of yourself x I think I could read hits as well :)ReplyDelete
I am so happy for you <3 <3 Congratulations!! Hugs from Sweden. We are spending two lovely weeks here and after that back to Finland ;)ReplyDelete
I am so sorry for your loss. Losing a parent is never ever easy. It's wonderful that he was the first to know about your new joy. You will always know his huge happiness for you and your new child.ReplyDelete
I hope it's going ok second time around and not too difficult! xxxx
Congratulations on your beautiful news. I wish you a healthy and pleasant pregnancy!ReplyDelete
I lost a very good friend in January 2006....and just after that I found
out I'm expecting baby , which I was trying to have already for 2 years!
It was a very touching, like the spirit of someone very important to me which I lost, came back with a new life,
to us. It really felt like that. I'm sure your father is still with you.
All the best. Agata
- AnonymousJuly 04, 2013
Congratulations Jennifer! Life is definitely agrodolce! :)ReplyDelete
Congrats Jennifer + Jeremiah; very exciting news xxReplyDelete
Oh such wonderful news, congratulations!ReplyDelete
A light to bring you out of the darkness Xx
such a nice board,ReplyDelete
and the insect pillow is really fun
happy day x
Congratulations on the exciting news! Love the selection of toys and necessary items that you have showcased in your article. @Rafa-kids, what you have said about one soul leaving and coming back is such a beautiful thought!ReplyDelete
Congratulations I am so happy for you all and at the same time I am very sorry for your loss. I am glad that you were able to share this news with your father though before he passed.ReplyDelete
Congrats on the baby news!ReplyDelete
Congratulations Jennifer! Wishing you a wonderful pregnancy, and we can't wait to meet the new baby :)ReplyDelete
Finally the news is out! Félicitations Jennifer & Jeremiah & Israel! Life is so bittersweet sometimes... Love how you'll stick to essentials with the new baby.ReplyDelete
Congratulations! what a wonderful news, have a wonderful pregnancy : )ReplyDelete
So very exciting! Congrats Jennifer!ReplyDelete
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March 21, 2014
Book Review - Suddenly by Bonnie Burnard
Three Canadian friends, Sandra, Colleen and Jude, have lasted through the years of childrearing, sharing their joys and their sorrows. Sandra is dying and her family and friends keep her company. Using Sandra's journals as a jumping off point, we learn of several crucial events in their shared history. The friends and their husbands try to make sense of their relationships, their needs and fears. I normally swallow books up rather quickly, but this one demanded a more considered approach. Perhaps knowing a shared history means much more than you might initially think. Wendy
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The Beginning of the End of the Server Virtualization Landscape as We Know It
2012 promises to be a year of monumental upheaval in the virtualization technology world, so hang on to your hats: The ride is going to get very bumpy! The reason? 2012 will likely mark the end of VMware server virtualization hegemony.
The company has been the undisputed leader in server virtualization for as long as most people care to remember because its products have been far more advanced than anything any other vendor could offer and because of the comfort factor. VMware's products may be wildly overpriced, but no one ever got fired for buying VMware.
But plain vanilla server virtualization is now a commodity, and both Citrix and Microsoft -- and even Red Hat -- will offer very powerful alternatives in 2012 at a fraction of the price. That means hypervisor heterogeneity is going to become the order of the day, with an increasing number of companies looking to move at least some of their virtualized workloads from their pricey VMware infrastructure to an alternative hypervisor that can do the same job for less money. And who can blame them?
Of course, once heterogeneous virtualization environments become established, it will be much harder for VMware to make headway. That's because each time a company considers virtualizing new or existing workloads there will be a kind of virtualization triage: Does this workload have requirements that merit putting it onto the more costly VMware infrastructure, or will an alternative hypervisor be up to the job? Increasingly, companies will realize VMware is not required.
Which virtualization system will emerge as the biggest competitor to VMware in 2012? It's a tricky question to answer, but my bet is on Hyper-V. That's not to say Citrix's XenServer 6 is not a creditable challenger, but Hyper-V 3, due out some time this year, looks very full-featured and, well, it's from Microsoft. That means it's going to get an almighty push, and many Microsoft shops have the skills and infrastructure in place to take advantage of it with a minimum of disruption -- particularly in the SMB space, which will be responsible for a large part of the growth in server virtualization.
With heterogeneity comes the problem of management: No one really wants to manage their two (or more) virtualized server estates separately, but the management platforms offered by hypervisor vendors are rather limited in their scope for looking after other vendors' hypervisors. That leaves a huge opportunity for third-party management software makers to offer solutions that either manage multiple hypervisors, or enable existing management platforms to manage additional hypervisors more effectively. The only question is how long these companies are able to remain independent before being snapped up by the hypervisor vendors themselves. It's a good bet they will survive 2012, but further out it's hard to see the most successful ones staying independent for long.
So is it all gloom and doom for VMware? The company may be about to lose a hefty slice of the enterprise virtualization market to Microsoft, but it looks like it will be pushing hard in the cloud service provider space -- a market likely to grow rapidly. 2012 may well be the year that VMware really establishes itself in the public cloud. That's not to say Citrix and Microsoft will not be pushing hard in this area too, but VMware is probably two to three years ahead: Don't expect Microsoft and Citrix to catch up until 2014 at the earliest.
What about a long-shot for 2012? No one seriously believes this is the year desktop virtualization finally makes the big long-predicted breakthrough that never quite seems to happen, but Citrix's SMB-oriented VDI-in-a-Box (acquired with Kaviza) might be the surprise success for 2012. It's easy and inexpensive, and it might be just what a lot of companies are looking for. Watch that space!
Paul Rubens is a journalist based in Marlow on Thames, England. He has been programming, tinkering and generally sitting in front of computer screens since his first encounter with a DEC PDP-11 in 1979.
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Dealing With Addiction
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Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD)
SADD is a peer leadership organization dedicated to preventing underage drinking, other drug use, impaired driving, and destructive decisions.
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
NIDA offers a science-based drug abuse education program for students, news, information, and resources.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
This federal agency strives to improve the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses. Call: (800) 789-2647.
American Council for Drug Education
The ACDE is a prevention and education agency against substance abuse. This website includes a helpful list of symptoms associated with specific drugs.
Alcohol and Drug Problems Association of North America
The Alcohol and Drug Problems Association of North America addresses the prevention and recovery of alcohol and substance abuse. Call: (314) 589-6702
This is a support group for family members and friends of alcoholics. Call: (888) 4AL-ANON
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
This branch of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) leads efforts to reduce alcohol-related problems through research and education. The website includes related news, publications, clinical trials, and FAQs.
National Mental Health Association (NMHA)
NMHA works to improve the mental health of all Americans through advocacy, education, research, and service.
Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
NA is an international, community-based association of recovering drug addicts. Call: (818) 773-9999
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This informational page by the National Children's Coalition offers facts about drugs and alcohol, teen recovery groups, and a drug and alcohol resource center.
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Submit a request for a referral on this site, and it will help direct you to the nearest and most appropriate treatment centers.
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Advanced Search
Product Reviews
Configuring permissions with ESRA 2.0.
ESRA 2.0 provides the ability to set up complex permissions. For example,
if you want to grant an Administrative Assistant Reviewer permission to
all of the calendars for the people in the Marketing department, ESRA
can do it.
C2C's Web site lists "simple and intuitive interface"
among the product's features. It's easy to understand, if
that's what they mean, but I don't think this is going to
win any design awards anytime soon. ESRA appears as an MMC snap-in, so
any Exchange administrator should be familiar with that part. The second
level of the snap-in includes two nodes: "Public folder search"
and "Mailbox search." Beyond that, each node includes five
child nodes: "Where to search," "What to search for,"
"Folder searching filter," "What changes to make,"
and "[Public folder/Mailbox] search results." The "What
to search for" node contains three more child nodes for the Mailbox
search. Each node must be configured separately. That's a lot of
clicking for our carpal-tunnel-plagued world and keyboard shortcuts are
few or non-existent in this product.
Exchange administrators are used to a multiple-tabbed properties dialog
box for configuring users, and just about everything else in Exchange.
This interface could be vastly improved by sticking with that standard.
I want to just click on the search type node (public folder or mailbox)
to display the results. I'm okay with having to right-click to run
the query and configure it, but this really only needs one configuration
I'd also like to see the ability to save my settings (such as the Administrative
Assistant example), and run these pre-defined searches later on. Better
yet, I'd like to schedule queries and tasks to run without me having
to even think about it.
Reporting could also be better. Right now, you're limited to exporting
the query results via the MMC 1.2 (or newer) "Export list"
ESRA does include a couple of other features worth mentioning. First,
the mailbox search will display Send On Behalf Of (SOBO) permissions,
though I don't see that the tool will allow you to set or change
The one extremely useful feature is the ability to identify and remove
Zombies (i.e., those permissions that no longer resolve to a valid account
because someone deleted the user and forgot to tell you about it). Just
identifying those in a large enterprise can be a full time job.
So, while I don't like the interface, ESRA has the potential to
save you a lot of headache in administering permissions in your Exchange
organization. Overall, however, I think if you have a skilled VBScript
developer in-house, you may be able to build ASP pages that provide you
with repeatable tasks, more palatable reporting, and a more robust interface,
at a comparable cost.
About the Author
Joe Crawford, MCSE, works as a support engineer for HP, supporting Microsoft networking technologies. He specializes in Microsoft Systems Management Server and scripting.
Microsoft is buying ZeniMax Media, parent company of Bethesda Softworks and other game-maker affiliates, for $7.5 billion in cash.
Microsoft Ignite, starting Sept. 22, will be a mixture of keynote talks, technical sessions, Microsoft Teams-hosted chats and "breakout" videos that will be accessible via a so-called Virtual Hub portal.
Microsoft now lets Microsoft 365 connect to various data sources -- whether in the cloud or on-premises -- so that those data sources can be indexed for searching.
Back on dry land after spending two years submerged in the waters off the coast of Scotland, Project Natick, Microsoft's experimental underwater datacenter prototype, has been deemed a success.
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Vincent Van Duysen
I've been thinking about these wood topped ceramic bowls by Vincent Van Duysen ever since
seeing them in this Swiss home from Elle Decoration Uk. First, let me say this entire
apartment is just gorgeous, the Louis Poulsen PH5 lamps, fur covered bench in the
dining room, and the large oak dining table. That aside, the bowls are the perfect little
organic kitchen accessory and I want them. You'll have to excuse the photo, I scanned it
in and the result is sort of grainy. It looks like they come in quite a variety or sizes
and shapes, not to mention colors, but I think I'd prefer these three, if anyone cares.
Bowls found here.
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i love things like this, they are so stylish and well thought out.ReplyDelete
holy cow, they are absolutely lovely but PRICEY, jeez. they're absolutely beautiful though!ReplyDelete
westelm had knockoffs of these just before xmas...ReplyDelete
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Milos, Rudy and Daniel - Airport Security
Airport Security is a very popular series of videos. This one features Daniel Malecky and Milos Zambo as the security guys and Rudy Bodlak as the hopeful traveller. The scene starts with Daniel doing some paperwork. Rudy arrives and is told to sit. Daniel explains that Rudy has, for some reason, failed security at passport contol and will have to spend the night in the security area. A discussion ensues but there is nothing that Rudy can do about it. Milos arrives and he instructs Rudy to get naked, and after a quick inspection he shackles his wrists and ankles. He then attaches a chain the the ankles and begins to drag Rudy across the floor. Rudy tries to stop him, grabbing a chair, but Daniel stamps oh his arms to make him release it. Then Rudy is hung up in the air, by the chains and Milos and Daniel begin to slap him and spank his ass. They strip off their clothes and Daniel shoves a hard cock into Rudy's mouth for sucking. As he sucks that cock Milos goes goes down on him as well, wanking himself at the same time. Rudy is upside down, and rock hard as he is being sucked and Daniel sits on the floor and fucks his cock into Rudy's mouth. After more of that mouth fucking Daniel is joined on the floor by Milos and two cocks are presented to Rudy's mouth for attention. He does his best to satisfy his tormentors but it is not long before they decide to go further with him. Rudy is released from his hanging position and is made to sit on Milos' big hard cock, as it fucks into his tight ass. Daniel is fucking Rudy's mouth at the same time, so he is getting it at both ends. Rudy is rock hard as he is being fucked and Daniel wants to taste that cock, so he goes down and starts sucking on it. He takes it deep in his mouth before moving up again and shoving his dick back in Rudy's mouth. Milos wants to fuck harder and changes position, so that Rudy in on his knees, doggy style. Milos shoves his dick deep into that ass and begins to pound it. Daniel is filling Rudy's mouth as well, and Rudy seems to enjoy that cock as he sucks it real well. Daniel is so hard and horny that he soon shoots a very nice load over Rudy's face. Rudy then sucks on that spent cock as Milos continues to fuck him. Milos is ready as well and shoots a big, creamy load all over Rudy's chest. Rudy again takes the spent cock in his mouth to suck it dry. Then he is left, shackled to the bed as the security guys take their leave. What a great shoot this was. All the guys look great and performed very well indeed.
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I've been in the Marines for over 5 years, 4 of those in the 'fleet', and did 3 deployments, 2 for the squadron I'm currently in. This week is suppose to be all about me checking out and getting ready to go on terminal in 4 days. Today my Ssgt tells me that terminal leave is a privilege not a guarantee (I know this already), and that he's thinking about canceling my Terminal because I failed a room inspection I wasn't even present for nor knew about. (Even then my room is always presentable, they failed me on dust and carpet not vacuumed). And he tells me a piece of shit that has never cared, nor will start to care so he's well in his right to cancel my terminal. Yet… I went out of my way to get a collateral billet to help our work center out, trained younger Marines to be better at their job, unlike other NCOs who sit on their ass and do nothing, and back in 2010 I go bumped to another squadron to go on a MEU, and once it was done I came back to this squadron because our work center was hurting for collateral billets, and to ice the cake… I extended my contract 4 months to make this last deployment, so my other collateral billet buddies wouldn't be over stressed and I could help out, because those are the few that I consider my brothers in this squadron. Yet, I'm a piece of shit? Who has never cared? I give this squadron over 3 years of my time, and a 4 month extention… and it can't even give me 30 days of terminal leave… are you fucking kidding me.
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Police say subjects tried to pass counterfeit check at bank
FITCHBURG, Wis. — Fitchburg police arrested two people who fled from officers after attempting to pass a counterfeit check at a bank, police said.
Fitchburg police responded to Associated Bank, 3002 Fish Hatchery Road, shortly after 10 a.m. Tuesday on a report of people trying to pass a counterfeit check at the drive-up lane at the bank.
When the first officer arrived, one man fled on foot and other responding officers saw the man fleeing and chased him on foot. The man was taken into custody by officers several blocks away, according to a Fitchburg Police Department news release.
The vehicle also fled the scene, and the initial officer pursued the vehicle.
Police said the vehicle went a short distance and the driver fled. A third person in the vehicle was taken into custody when the vehicle stopped.
Officers searched the suspect vehicle and located a handgun, police said. At this point, the driver was still at large and it was unknown if he was also armed.
Leopold School was placed in a lockdown, police said.
During the investigation, the driver called one of the subjects. Police requested he return to the scene, and he complied, according to the news release.
When the driver was taken into custody, the school was released from lockdown status.
Police said all three people involved in the incident were taken into custody.
Police said Paul D. Richardson, 24, of Madison, was arrested on charges of forgery, obstructing an officer, being a felon in possession of a handgun and on a probation violation.
Police said Jonathon L. Thompson, 24, with no fixed address, was arrested on charges of eluding an officer, obstructing an officer, being a felon in possession of a handgun and on a probation violation.
The third person in the vehicle was released without any charges, police said.


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LOS ANGELES — If it walks like a drama and talks like a drama and yet calls itself a comedy, that's just fine with the Emmy Awards.
But the audience for Monday's ceremony may suffer momentary confusion when, say, the Netflix women's prison saga "Orange Is the New Black" pops up as a nominee for best comedy series.
While the Emmys have included category-busters before, the 66th prime-time contest is an especially freewheeling one.
"The Emmys are being loosey-goosey about category placement," said Tom O'Neil, author of "The Emmys" reference book and organizer of the Gold Derby awards website.
Such flexibility isn't unusual when it comes to TV awards in Britain, where category definitions are less stringent and series formats are more fluid than in the United States, said Gareth Neame, the U.K. executive producer of PBS' Emmy-winning "Downton Abbey," a nominee once more.
"My view is all these producers, studios and (networks) are just giving their best shot to try to get their shows nominated, and what producer wouldn't do that?" Neame said.
The tactic isn't frivolous. Shows are angling to better their odds of winning TV's top honor, which can bring not only prestige but also possibly more viewers – and attention that may usher in more viewers is what niche shows such as "Orange Is the New Black" crave.
Emmy bragging rights are another matter. With the explosion of acclaimed cable and online content, traditional broadcast networks are finding themselves shut out or lightly represented in the major categories including best drama and comedy series. Network stars are being elbowed aside, too.
NBC late-night host and ceremony host Seth Meyers is ready to take advantage of broadcasting's plight.
"That's a thing that I think everyone in the audience will be aware of, and being someone who's on a broadcast network makes it a lot more fun to make jokes about than if I were someone on the cable side lording it over everyone," he said, chuckling.
The decision by "Orange" to compete as a comedy despite its bleak setting puts pressure on four-time best-comedy winner "Modern Family." The ABC series – vying for a record-tying fifth win (with "Frasier") against a buzzy Internet newcomer – may look a lot less modern to Emmy voters.
The Netflix series already flexed its muscle at the creative arts Emmys held a week ago, when Uzo Aduba was honored as best guest actress in a comedy for her role as prisoner Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren. She is the first online performer to win an Emmy.
Another apparent fish-out-of-water: Showtime's dysfunctional family series "Shameless." After coming up empty as a drama contender, it gained the TV academy's OK to jump into the comedy pool and snared a lead comedy actor bid for William H. Macy.
The other comedy series contenders are "The Big Bang Theory," "Louie," "Silicon Valley" and "Veep."
Shifting categories isn't unprecedented. In the 1950s, "Father Knows Best" moved between comedy and drama and captured trophies in each, and "Moonlighting" did the same in the 1980s, O'Neil said. The academy tightened the rules in 2009, but obviously didn't make them ironclad.
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"When you're putting clip packages together for comedy series, in some instances it's harder to find something to put into a clip package where someone would say, `Yeah, that looks like a comedy to me,"' said Don Mischer, the ceremony's executive producer.
HBO's "True Detective" is unmistakably a drama, but one with miniseries trappings: a close-ended story and two movie-star leads (Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson) who have said they committed to just one season.
Because of a TV academy rule involving the show's Writers Guild of America credit, however, it was eligible to compete as a series.
If "True Detective" nabs the top drama trophy, it would deny "Breaking Bad" a farewell hug for its final season. A McConaughey victory as best drama actor also would keep Bryan Cranston from tying Dennis Franz's record of four wins in the category.
Other series competing for the best drama trophy are "Game of Thrones," "Downton Abbey," "House of Cards" and "Mad Men."
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Candle lanterns that can melt and pose a fire hazard and gun storage boxes that can unlock when dropped are among this week's recalled consumer products. Others include faulty exercise devices and steel-toed boots.
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DETAILS: Pier 1 Imports' hanging glass star lanterns. They were sold in the following colors and SKU numbers: amber (SKU 2717349), clear (SKU 2717351) and red (SKU 2724169). The SKU number is printed on a hang tag attached to the lantern. The lantern is a three-dimension star-shape made of gold-toned metal and glass. A metal tea light cup sits inside the metal and glass star. They were sold at Pier 1 Imports stores nationwide and online at www.Pier1.com from August 2013 through February 2014.
WHY: The solder welds on the lantern can melt due to heat from a tea light. This can cause the candle holder to break and expose the flame, posing a fire hazard.
INCIDENTS: Five reports of the solder melting on the lanterns, including one report of the lantern falling apart and burning a rug. No injuries have been reported.
HOW MANY: About 10,800 in U.S. and 550 in Canada.
FOR MORE: Call Pier 1 Imports at 800-245-4595 or visit www.Pier1.com and click on the "Product Notes & Recalls" under "Pier 1 Policies" at the bottom of the page for more information.
DETAILS: The GunBox gun storage box. It's a square, clam-shaped aluminum case with an RFID scanner, T-shaped logo on the top center of the box, and two USB ports for charging devices. The "RF+Biometric" and "Premier" model boxes include a square fingerprint scanner below the RFID scanner on the top of the box that holds multiple fingerprints. The "Premier" model includes a GPS locator. All of the GunBoxes were sold with RFID wristbands that allow the user to wave their hand above the box to unlock. The recall includes version 01 of The GunBox RF (model GBRF1.0); RF+Biometric (Model GBBIO1.0); and the Premier (model GBPREM1.0). The model number and "The GunBox" are printed on a label on the bottom of the units. It was sold exclusively at www.thegunbox.com from January 2014 through February 2014.
WHY: The GunBox storage box locking mechanism can open if dropped, allowing access to the gun stored inside.
INCIDENTS: None reported.
HOW MANY: About 1,000.
FOR MORE: Call The GunBox at 866-764-0009 or visit www.thegunbox.com and click on "Update Now Available for Version 1 of the Gunbox" at the bottom of the page for more information.
DETAILS: ISO7X Isometric exercise devices. This recall only involves isometric exercise devices with black handle grips. They were sold at sporting good and other retail stores nationwide, on Ontel direct response television, and online at buyironbow.com, buyiso7x.com, getiso7x.com and iso7x.com from October 2009 through August 2011.
WHY: The handle grips on each end can break during use and cause parts to be forcefully ejected from the shaft, posing a risk of injury from impact to the user or bystander.
INCIDENTS: Ten reports of the handles breaking and the ejection of the internal spring coil and rod, including five reports of impact injuries that resulted in punctures and lacerations.
HOW MANY: About 170,000.
FOR MORE: Call Ontel Products at 800-245-0511 or visit the firm's website at www.ontel.com and click on "ISO7X Recall Notice" for more information or send an email to email@example.com.
DETAILS: Georgia Boot steel-toed work shoes. They are brown leather, steel-toed shoes with dark brown padding at the ankles sold under the Georgia Boot brand name. On the outward side, the boots have a tag with the words "Met-Guard" at the stitching and the Georgia Boot logo near the heel. A white label on inside of the tongue of the recalled boots have the Georgia Boot logo, the product number "G9075" on the left side, a date code between 01-12 and 10-13 in the MM-YY format on the right side, and the words 'Men's Georgia Metatarsal 6" Brown.' They were sold at Lehigh Outfitters stores, traveling ShoeMobiles, online at www.lehighoutfitters.com and www.lehighsafetyshoes.com , and through client websites nationwide from January 2012 to November 2013.
WHY: When compressed, the steel toe cap in the shoes can fail to protect the wearer's feet.
INCIDENTS: None reported.
HOW MANY: About 6,800.
FOR MORE: Call Rocky Brands at 866-245-2159, send email to firstname.lastname@example.com, or visit www.rockybrands.com , www.lehighoutfitters.com or www.lehighsafetyshoes.com , and click on "Safety Notice" for more information.
Recalls: lanterns, exercise devices
Candle lanterns that can melt and pose a fire hazard and gun storage boxes that can unlock when dropped are among this week's recalled consumer products. Others include faulty exercise devices and steel-toed boots.